Events from the year 1770 in Great Britain. Monarch – George III Prime Minister – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (Whig) (until 28 January); Frederick...
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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1770. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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First voyage of James Cook (redirect from Voyage of James Cook in 1770)
avoiding shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. In October 1770 the badly damaged Endeavour came into the port of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies, her...
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1770 (MDCCLXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1770th year...
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The Falklands Crisis of 1770 was a diplomatic standoff between Great Britain and Spain over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean...
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Parliament of Great Britain from 1769 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1770 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1771...
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Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741–1759), grandchild of George II and sister of George III Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840), third daughter...
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Events from the year 1770 in Scotland. Lord Advocate – James Montgomery Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas Lord President of the Court of Session...
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The Great Bengal famine of 1770 struck Bengal and Bihar between 1769 and 1770 and affected some 30 million people, which was about ⅓ of the current population...
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The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially known as Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created...
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North ministry (category 1770 establishments in Great Britain)
government of the Kingdom of Great Britain by King George III from 1770 to 1782. His ministry oversaw the Falklands Crisis of 1770, the 1780 Gordon Riots and...
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The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally...
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1770 to Wales and its people. Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey - Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet...
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The 1770 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 January 1770. The election followed the resignation of incumbent Speaker Sir John...
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established...
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August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector...
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of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death in 1714...
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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1774. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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Grafton ministry (category 1770 disestablishments in Great Britain)
ministry was the British government headed by Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, in government from October 1768 to January 1770. The Grafton...
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1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. The Acts of...
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in fact be the year before a particular act was passed. The fourth session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, which met from 13 November 1770 until...
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The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament...
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Events from the year 1721 in Great Britain. Monarch – George I Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig) (starting 3 April) 6 January – The Committee of Inquiry...
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Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover...
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This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1772. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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Events from the year 1722 in Great Britain. Monarch – George I Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig) 27 January – Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders is...
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The railway system of Great Britain started with the building of local isolated wooden wagonways starting in the 1560s. A patchwork of local rail links...
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article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through...
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Events from the year 1782 in Great Britain. The American Revolutionary War draws to a close. Monarch – George III Prime Minister – Frederick North, Lord...
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George III (redirect from George III of Great Britain)
1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into...
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